Our progress
Our progress
Our target
5,617km
2,000km
We're fundraising for the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Australia is a big country, and for those living in remote, rural and regional areas, access to immediate care isn’t a guarantee. For some communities, the nearest hospital is eight hours drive away.
This October, we're taking on a month-long fitness challenge to help more people access the care they need. By going further, we hope to raise as much as possible for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS).
Every year, the RFDS reach more than 330,000 Australians with 24-hour emergency retrieval and primary healthcare services. That’s one person every two minutes!
Together, we can keep the Flying Doctor flying and continue their life-saving work. Please donate to our challenge today!
Thank you to our Sponsors

$258
Fleetcrew

$258
Jaryd Powell
❤️

$211
Luxaviation
Delighted to support such a special cause

$208
Daniel, Jane And Astrid

$159
Sean Scott
Great cause and I’m happy to support

$158
Ross Grassick
Go for it Mel

$150
Erin Mccabe

$150
Linksoft Pty Ltd

$124
William Reed
Well done Debbie, enjoy the running.

$107
Hermilinio Policar
Go go go. Proud of you both

$107
Healing Cove
Great cause

$107
Allan Shaw
Gday Victoria, Make sure you have a wide brimmed hat, water and sunscreen, and we should be able to do the walk less than a week.😊🤔

$107
Shirley Mills
Good luck Mel. Proud of what you are doing.

$107
Anne Goodman-shaw
Hoping your challenge goes well. Just think that we are both walking with you to !!! Go you !! 💞👏💞

$106
Meegan
Great job Ange 😀

$106
Diane Laughlin
Go girl!!

$106
Luke Freeman

$106
Suzanne Tobin
Go girl! Luv ya!

$106
Matt & Dee Stewart
Doing a great job Yvonne x

$106
Grandpa And Grandma Shelton
You go girl, like you always do. So proud of you.

$106
Greg
Bit slow aren't ya? Maybe you should run a bit? ;)

$106
Anonymous

$106
Ruth
Absolute legend, brilliant cause❤️

$106
Anne Hudson

$104
Karen & Paul Borowinski
A walk in the park for you :-) xx Mum

$101
Facebook Donation

$100
Kate Rule
I'll help you get those steps up around The Gap hills!!

$100
Daniel Walsh
Rock on boofhead! Just do me a favour and keep it wheels down this time yeah?

$99
David Reid
You're doing awesome

$99
Keith And Louise Iseppi
Proud of you Jessa ! Love Dad and Mum

$99
Anonymous

$99
Sheree
Such an amazing cause x

$99
Nol Petrohelos
Go Yas!

$98
Cathy Haimes
Go Yasmine fully supporting the RFDS and you for the excellent job you all do Good luck.

$98
Kate Wyles

$98
Katherine Ash

$98
Michael Yewell
🙌

$96
Sean Edmunds (your Favourite Student!!!)
Good luck and a great cause....

$75
Mish Orange
Good Job Ange!

$75
Emma K Jefferson
Just got word of this!

$71
Jimmy Ball

$70
Yvonne Kent
Good on you Mike, well done..

$70
Rebecca Wilby

$69
Anonymous
Keep up the amazing work!

$65
Mum And Dad
Go Matt Go! Get out there and run!

$61
Phillip Butler
Proud of you

$60
Facebook Donation

$59
Brian Mccabe
Go Erin

$59
Bridget
Smash it Abs!

$59
Tulani
Go Mel! Proud of you 😍

$59
Micky
Great charity

$59
Kimberley Dunlop
Awesome effort Katherine!!

$59
Tanya Butker-burns

$59
Ben Mcwatt

$59
Margaret Davidson
Keep up the good work Angela.

$59
Jacinta Jones

$59
Tegan And Cam
Love ya work Yaz

$59
Matthew Shinkel
Hey Mel All the best for the long walk! Matt

$59
Les And Tracey
Great cause - go Leonie!

$59
Maz Heywood
You’ll crush it 🩷

$59
Adam Wells
Legend, keep going. Great cause and great fitness, what a combo.

$59
Ken
Well done Fen. All the best with your target.

$59
Fiona Loveday

$59
Shawna Hoare

$59
Katherine Ash

$59
Jean Haimes
Go girl the Flying doctors are a wonderful service for our country people who quite often do it really tough

$58
Awpa Member

$58
Andymac
That gets you half way to 1k! Good job Nelly 👍🏻

$58
Anonymous

$58
Patria Lynch

$58
Sean De Souza
Good on ya, it's a great cause

$58
Nadia Van Aardt
Go Okada’s 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

$58
Daryl Frankel
Well done Debbie. You are our heroine!

$58
Adam
Let's do this!!

$58
Steven Frankel
Go you good thing

$58
James Williams

$58
Abigail Donaldson

$58
Sharon Mackenzie
Go Jean, you are a legend!!

$58
Emma Anderson

$58
Georgia Lewis
🫶🏻

$58
Liz Doran

$58
Toni Gilbert

$58
Jason Hopkins
Proud of you!

$58
Jef Pelletier

$58
P W
Go Suzie!! You will crush it 💪🫶 xx

$58
Kate Wotton
GO MEL! Fantastic fundraiser xx

$58
Cathy Grinter
Go Deb! Great motivation to run for a fantastic cause!

$58
Le-anne Crutchett
Well done.

$57
Ravina La
Hope this little contribution helps

$56
Facebook Donation

$55
Facebook Donation

$55
Kim Rawson

$55
Eloise
You’ve got this!

$55
Jennifer Brock
Good luck with the walking! Such a good cause.

$54
Lucas Frankel
Go get em mother

$54
Lauren Williams

$54
Christine
Well done

$54
Kathleen Ferreira
Happy to support the flying doctors

$54
Rachael Lynn

$54
Andrew
Run, Matthew, run

$54
Abbi

$54
Lizzy B
Erin, you are a superstar, beloved by all <3!

$54
Jean Lightbody

$54
Mark & Richelle
Go for it Fen, keep them up there!

$54
Rebel Curtin
Keep it up!

$54
Shannon Posaw
You're amazing! Well done 😊

$54
Anonymous
Hope those Ks on the road translate to Ks in donations!

$54
Roxy
You are a legend Kat ♡

$54
Pete Brown

$54
Rod And Kath White

$53
Debennie
Go you good thing!!!

$52
Jacqueline Wilby
Good Luck!

$52
Cindy Otto

$51
Facebook Donation

$50
Sandra Burns
Well done Deb!

$50
Facebook Donation

$50
Linda Herley
Keep on walking Mel! Great cause xo

$49
Catherine Paruzek
Good luck Chris 🏃🏃

$49
Lauren Mccabe
Get it!!! Just a few more strolls about the hills

$46
Facebook Donation

$45
Facebook Donation

$44
Anonymous
nice one nell

$44
Andrew Cole

$41
Facebook Donation

$40
Facebook Donation

$40
Facebook Donation

$40
Megan Burton
Good job Damien!

$38
Bev

$36
Nicole

$36
Martine
Go get ‘em Jodie xx

$36
Jody Barr
Great work Mel! 👏

$36
Yasmine Haimes

$36
Sarah Grissell
Walking to keep em flying - get it gurrlll

$36
Kaz
Great work deb so proud 😊💜

$36
Mcdowall Mum
Go girl!

$36
Justin Anderson
You the best

$36
Joanna
Go Katie and Jemma!!

$35
Kylea Bell

$35
Amy Mackenzie

$35
Heidi Baban
Great work, Mel

$35
Michael Negri
Go Jodie! Awesome effort for a great cause. x

$35
Helen Hale

$35
Debbie Frankel

$35
Mark Cawthorne

$35
Damien Bennetto

$35
Nicola Binney
Congratulations and great work at the park today kids!

$35
Angela Featonby

$35
Blanche
Go Deb! Awesome cause!

$35
Lachlan Otto

$35
Tahni Roberts
You and the team are amazing 👏 ✈️

$35
Joel
Great work Angela !

$35
Bennetto Girls

$35
Judy Howe

$35
Ben Wilby

$35
Courtney Otto

$35
Maureen Scott

$34
Laura Mcvey

$34
Pam Okada

$34
Mum And Dad
Dad and I are very proud of you and your fundraising.

$33
Tim Cowan

$32
The White’s
Your amazing! You will smash this easily - like anything you put your mind to!

$32
Michelle Gordon

$32
Matthew Kloeden

$32
Denby Mackenzie

$32
Claire Rose
Hope you wear your saltwater sandals for all the Kms like a champ.

$30
Anne Anne

$30
Facebook Donation

$30
Facebook Donation

$29
Brenton Neill

$29
Annette Rose

$28
Morgan Parremore Photography

$28
Miranda Robertson

$28
Amelia Frankel
GOOD JOB PROUD OF YOU ❤️

$28
Alexandre Ground
Go Ezzy McCub

$25
Tj Turnbull

$25
Kelsian Matched Giving

$25
Anonymous

$25
Anonymous

$25
Kelsian Matched Giving

$25
Kelsian Matched Giving

$25
Anonymous

$24
Amy
You got this🚶🏻♀️➡️

$23
Zita O'carroll
All the best!

$23
Anonymous
Good Luck Mel

$23
Anonymous

$23
Krystal Baugh

$23
Mav Brummer
🤙🤙

$23
Katy Milleskie
Up up and away Mel!!!

$23
Amber Maxwell
RFDS is lucky to have you!

$23
Brenna Bryant
So proud of you! I’ll always be one of your biggest supporters just not with the biggest bank account 😘

$23
Scott And Rachel Turpin
Good work.

$23
Katie Burow

$23
Anonymous

$23
Jon Avalon
Try not to get lost, or if you do remember to leave breadcrumbs or a ball of yarn.

$23
Jeremy Ball

$23
Anonymous
Good luck Adam!

$21
Facebook Donation

$21
Facebook Donation

$21
Facebook Donation

$21
Facebook Donation

$21
Facebook Donation

$21
Facebook Donation

$21
Facebook Donation

$21
Facebook Donation

$20
Anonymous

$20
Debbie Sweeney

$20
Katherine Rowe

$20
Serah
Amazing work!!

$17
Ricki Smith

$15
Kate Rule
Go Kate!!

$15
Melanie Neill

$12
Angela Schiffke

$12
Asiyah Ali

$12
Ben Gibbs

$12
Luke Gibbs

$12
Mel Jacob

$12
Anonymous

$12
Monique Van Der Zant

$10
Facebook Donation

$10
Facebook Donation

$6
Cortney Ginivan
You go girl 🥳

$6
Cortney Ginivan
You got this 💪

$6
Cortney Ginivan
Woohoo! 🙌🙌

$6
Cortney Ginivan
Smash those steps 🙌

$5
Facebook Donation

$5
Katherine Rowe

$4
Patrick Maxwell

$3
Katherine Rowe

$2
Anonymous
Our Teams

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Rockhampton Base)
$238

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Roma Base)
$53

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Brisbane Base)

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Longreach Base)
$124

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Townsville Base)

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Mt Isa Base)
$215

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Cairns Base)
$745

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Charleville Base)
$67

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Bundaberg Base)
$2,473

Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Corporate Office)
$2,470

headspace Cairns

Full Throttle
$4,866
Our Organisation Staff

Katherine Ash
$98

Jodie Gibbs (Rockhampton RFDS)

David Hoppner

Helen Hale
$35

James Conroy

Adam Carey
$131

Abigail Donaldson
$289

Lauren Williams
$106

Justine Powell

Damien Bennetto
$321

Pam Okada
$206

Katie Burow
$356

Angela Featonby
$35

Maureen Scott
$35

Michelle Gordon
$32

Lauren Kent
$238

Trudi Spanner
$160

Liz Doran
$58

Amy Laing
$188

Denby Mackenzie
$76

Izzy Graham

Lachlan Otto
$122

Robyn Langton
$58

Tenielle McNeill

Debbie Frankel
$596

Angela S
$12

Elizabeth Ferrier
$50

Yasmine Haimes
$409

Gav Duhig

Jef Pelletier
$156

Maddie Hoch

Jamie-lee McCall

Katherine Rowe
$255

Erin McCabe
$1,037

Darcy Smith
$260

Melanie Jericho
$273

Angele Gomez

Christopher Cooke
$49

Louise Camfield
$50

Amanda Taylor

Matthew Wood

Toni Gilbert
$58

Melva Cross

RFDS QLD Team Captain

RFDS Queensland Corporate Office Team Captain

Judy Howe
$253

Leonie Saunders
$59

Lauren Chong

Fenella Jefferson
$780

Yvonne Doveren
$156

Sabrina Montaldo

Debra Wilson

Angela Ball
$536

Farran Hartshorne

Jean Lightbody
$112

Shannon Coggins

Jessica Hopkins
$558

Ben Gibbs
$12

Serah Bass
$181

Suzanne Maddison
$160

Jodie Hinchliffe
$130

Melanie Neill
$152

Meg Prendergast
$107

Luke Gibbs
$12

Bryanna Cowan
$33

Jacinta Jones
$118

Laura McVey
$34

Ben Wilby
$157

Vince Bell

Clayton Judd

Adam Jones

Elly Walsh

Carolyn Robinson

Jan Robinson

Edan Fisher

Krystal Bell
$73

Victoria Nancarrow
$312

Ellie Fitzgerald

Steven East

Kate Wyles
$113

Mark Cawthorne
$320

Ravina Lal
$57

Mel Jacob
$589

Patrick Maxwell
$4

Monique van der Zant
$12

Melissa Melville

Leo Gregor
$266

Anna Baker
$20

Jacob Levin

Mike Kent
$328

Kimberly Daly

Andrea Turnbull
$50

Matthew Kloeden
$174

James Williams
$58

Asiyah Ali
$12

Felicity Power

Paul Jackson

Great work Mike for a great cause